Tuesday, 3 September, 2002, 07:10 GMT 08:10 UK
Wine prevents repeat heart attack
Red wine
How to ward off heart attacks?
Scientists say they have found a way for coronary
patients to minimise the risk of a second heart attack
- drink wine every day.
Previous research has shown that drinking wine in
sensible amounts may reduce the risk of coronary heart
disease.
But the new research suggests that it might also be an
effective way to reduce the risk for people who have
already had one heart attack.
French researchers found that middle-aged men who had
had one heart attack and who drank two or more glasses
of wine regularly were 50% less likely than
non-drinkers to have a second attack.
Dr Michel de Lorgeril, of the Joseph Fourier
University of Grenoble, France, and colleagues studied
353 men aged 40 to 60 who had just had heart attacks.
There were no significant differences in how severe
their heart attacks had been, what drugs they used to
treat heart disease or what they ate. The main
differences lay in whether the men drank wine.
Between them, the men had 104 cardiovascular
complications such as a heart attack or stroke over
the next year.
Thirty-six of the complications occurred among men who
abstained from alcohol, 34 among men who drank fewer
than two glasses of wine a day, 18 among those who
drank about two glasses a day, and 16 among men who
drank an average of four to five glasses of wine a
day.
Caution
The researchers stressed that more studies are needed
to better define what type of patients would most
benefit from moderate drinking after a heart attack.
The American Heart Association recommends drinking
only moderately and advises anyone who does not drink
against starting to do so.
Last year the AHA published guidance to doctors
advising them not to prescribe red wine as a way to
ward off heart attacks.
US doctors have been advised not to tell their
patients that drinking red wine is an effective way to
ward off heart attacks.
It said the protective benefits of red wine remain
uncertain, and that doctors should concentrate on
promoting more proven methods to reduce risk.
Professor Ira Goldberg, of Columbia University in New
York City and a member of the AHA's nutrition
committee, said: "We want to make clear that there are
other risk-reduction options that are well-documented
and free of the potential hazards associated with
alcohol consumption."
Professor Sir Charles George, medical director of the
British Heart Foundation, said: "This is further
evidence to drink moderate quantities of wine remain
at a lower risk of having a heart attack than those
who are teetotal.
"In middle age, men are much more likely to have had a
heat attack than women, and consequently the findings
from the study apply to middle-aged men and not more
generally to other age groups."
The research is published in the journal Circulation.
See also:
19 Dec 01 | Health
Why red wine is healthier
23 Jan 01 | Health
'Don't prescribe wine for heart disease'
14 May 02 | Health
Red wine 'protects from colds'
Internet links:
British Heart Foundation
Alcoholics Anonymous
Circulation
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